Area Plan Commission recommends approval of the 908 South 7th Street rezoning, a month after a meeting-time mix-up shut the family out

What happened

Property owners Timothy Hawkins and Margaret Herdlick asked the commission to rezone their 140-year-old home at 908 South 7th Street from R2 (allows one- or two-family use) to R1 (single-family only), telling the commission the house has never been anything but a single-family residence. (6:42)

Approval still requires the homeowners to get separate setback variances from the Board of Zoning Appeals — one for the home's north wall, another for the garage — because the tighter R1 rules don't match how the house already sits on its lot. (6:00)

This is the second time the rezoning has come before a public body: in August, Terre Haute City Council couldn't vote at all because the commission had never issued a recommendation, after a mix-up over the commission's own meeting time locked the family out of its hearing. (Aug. 6, 42:20)

The outcome

The commission recommended the rezoning to Terre Haute City Council on a voice vote; the council still has to take a final vote. (7:15)

Sources

• Owners describe the house, 6:42
• Variances still required from the BZA, 6:00
• Aug. 6 council couldn't vote — no APC recommendation yet, 42:20
• Recommendation vote, 7:15

Also known as: 908 South 7th Street · Special Ordinance 9-2026 · R2 to R1 rezoning · Herdlick rezoning · Farrington's Grove downzoning